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>CREATE EXTENSION</H1
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><A
NAME="AEN65034"
></A
><H2
>Name</H2
>CREATE EXTENSION&nbsp;--&nbsp;install an extension</DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSYNOPSISDIV"
><A
NAME="AEN65039"
></A
><H2
>Synopsis</H2
><PRE
CLASS="SYNOPSIS"
>CREATE EXTENSION [ IF NOT EXISTS ] <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>extension_name</I
></TT
>
    [ WITH ] [ SCHEMA <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>schema</I
></TT
> ]
             [ VERSION <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>version</I
></TT
> ]
             [ FROM <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>old_version</I
></TT
> ]</PRE
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><A
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></A
><H2
>Description</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE EXTENSION</TT
> loads a new extension into the current
   database.  There must not be an extension of the same name already loaded.
  </P
><P
>   Loading an extension essentially amounts to running the extension's script
   file.  The script will typically create new <ACRONYM
CLASS="ACRONYM"
>SQL</ACRONYM
> objects such as
   functions, data types, operators and index support methods.
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE EXTENSION</TT
> additionally records the identities
   of all the created objects, so that they can be dropped again if
   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>DROP EXTENSION</TT
> is issued.
  </P
><P
>   Loading an extension requires the same privileges that would be
   required to create its component objects.  For most extensions this
   means superuser or database owner privileges are needed.
   The user who runs <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE EXTENSION</TT
> becomes the
   owner of the extension for purposes of later privilege checks, as well
   as the owner of any objects created by the extension's script.
  </P
></DIV
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CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN65055"
></A
><H2
>Parameters</H2
><P
></P
><DIV
CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
><DL
><DT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>IF NOT EXISTS</TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>        Do not throw an error if an extension with the same name already
        exists.  A notice is issued in this case.  Note that there is no
        guarantee that the existing extension is anything like the one that
        would have been created from the currently-available script file.
       </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>extension_name</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>        The name of the extension to be
        installed. <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> will create the
        extension using details from the file
        <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SHAREDIR/extension/</TT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>extension_name</I
></TT
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>.control</TT
>.
       </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>schema</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>        The name of the schema in which to install the extension's
        objects, given that the extension allows its contents to be
        relocated.  The named schema must already exist.
        If not specified, and the extension's control file does not specify a
        schema either, the current default object creation schema is used.
       </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>version</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
>        The version of the extension to install.  This can be written as
        either an identifier or a string literal.  The default version is
        whatever is specified in the extension's control file.
       </P
></DD
><DT
><TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>old_version</I
></TT
></DT
><DD
><P
><TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>FROM</TT
> <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>old_version</I
></TT
>
        must be specified when, and only when, you are attempting to install
        an extension that replaces an <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"old style"</SPAN
> module that is just
        a collection of objects not packaged into an extension.  This option
        causes <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE EXTENSION</TT
> to run an alternative installation
        script that absorbs the existing objects into the extension, instead
        of creating new objects.  Be careful that <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>SCHEMA</TT
> specifies
        the schema containing these pre-existing objects.
       </P
><P
>        The value to use for <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>old_version</I
></TT
> is determined by the
        extension's author, and might vary if there is more than one version
        of the old-style module that can be upgraded into an extension.
        For the standard additional modules supplied with pre-9.1
        <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
>, use <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>unpackaged</TT
>
        for <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>old_version</I
></TT
> when
        updating a module to extension style.
       </P
></DD
></DL
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><DIV
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><A
NAME="AEN65097"
></A
><H2
>Notes</H2
><P
>   Before you can use <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE EXTENSION</TT
> to load an extension
   into a database, the extension's supporting files must be installed.
   Information about installing the extensions supplied with
   <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
> can be found in
   <A
HREF="contrib.html"
>Additional Supplied Modules</A
>.
  </P
><P
>   The extensions currently available for loading can be identified from the
   <A
HREF="view-pg-available-extensions.html"
><TT
CLASS="STRUCTNAME"
>pg_available_extensions</TT
></A
>
   or
   <A
HREF="view-pg-available-extension-versions.html"
><TT
CLASS="STRUCTNAME"
>pg_available_extension_versions</TT
></A
>
   system views.
  </P
><P
>   For information about writing new extensions, see
   <A
HREF="extend-extensions.html"
>Section 35.15</A
>.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN65110"
></A
><H2
>Examples</H2
><P
>   Install the <A
HREF="hstore.html"
>hstore</A
> extension into the
   current database:
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE EXTENSION hstore;</PRE
><P>
  </P
><P
>   Update a pre-9.1 installation of <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>hstore</TT
> into
   extension style:
</P><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
>CREATE EXTENSION hstore SCHEMA public FROM unpackaged;</PRE
><P>
   Be careful to specify the schema in which you installed the existing
   <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>hstore</TT
> objects.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN65119"
></A
><H2
>Compatibility</H2
><P
>   <TT
CLASS="COMMAND"
>CREATE EXTENSION</TT
> is a <SPAN
CLASS="PRODUCTNAME"
>PostgreSQL</SPAN
>
   extension.
  </P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="REFSECT1"
><A
NAME="AEN65124"
></A
><H2
>See Also</H2
><A
HREF="sql-alterextension.html"
>ALTER EXTENSION</A
>, <A
HREF="sql-dropextension.html"
>DROP EXTENSION</A
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